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Iowa hunting

redblood said:
i found some super cheap land up there. thinking hard about making an offer but not sure if i would be able to hunt it, even though id own it. anyone know the rules
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You have to maintain residency for 90 continuous days in order to get resident tags. Otherwise you'll have to draw like any other nonresident regardless of land ownership. Iowa has that part right and it's why they continue to be gold standard for large bucks
 
chris1976 said:
You have to maintain residency for 90 continuous days in order to get resident tags. Otherwise you'll have to draw like any other nonresident regardless of land ownership. Iowa has that part right and it's why they continue to be gold standard for large bucks
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Thats what i was aftaid of. I definitely couldn't live up there. Guess why its available
 
I should/could be drawn this next year. I'm sitting on 4 points.
I have a friends that owns 230 acres with another guy there and trying to find out how much they will charge me to hunt 10 days on their place. If it's a crazy amount I will be on public ground.
 
Iowa is different, I mean gahlee that place is different. I drew my IA archery tag last year for zone 6 (had 5 points going into the draw). It was an awesome hunt, hunted last few days of October and into the first week of November with overnight lows in the teens and highs in the mid 20's during the day. Hunted with Whiskey Ridge. Tommy Nails owns/runs it and he is as solid of a guy as you'll meet. Has some incredible farms and it was the best week of hunting I've ever been on.
 
WTNBowHunter said:
Iowa is different, I mean gahlee that place is different. I drew my IA archery tag last year for zone 6 (had 5 points going into the draw). It was an awesome hunt, hunted last few days of October and into the first week of November with overnight lows in the teens and highs in the mid 20's during the day. Hunted with Whiskey Ridge. Tommy Nails owns/runs it and he is as solid of a guy as you'll meet. Has some incredible farms and it was the best week of hunting I've ever been on.
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Were you successful?
 
tree_ghost said:
Were you successful?
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I was. Had an opportunity on my third morning at a 140" 8pt (had two crab claws that were small which would count as a 10). Coming from hunting in the south (MS and TN), I just knew those deer wouldn't move in the wind but it was 25mph sustained winds the first two days and I saw between 25-30 deer, 8-10 of those were racked bucks. Biggest I saw was about a 150" 8 or 10 but he was too far away in the woods. Tommy and his clients have killed some really big deer, way above what I killed but that was my best bow buck and I was fired up!
 
WTNBowHunter said:
I was. Had an opportunity on my third morning at a 140" 8pt (had two crab claws that were small which would count as a 10). Coming from hunting in the south (MS and TN), I just knew those deer wouldn't move in the wind but it was 25mph sustained winds the first two days and I saw between 25-30 deer, 8-10 of those were racked bucks. Biggest I saw was about a 150" 8 or 10 but he was too far away in the woods. Tommy and his clients have killed some really big deer, way above what I killed but that was my best bow buck and I was fired up!
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Congratulations! Let's see it.
 
Volbuck777 said:
Congratulations! Let's see it.
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My dad was able to go with me and made a great week even better being able to share lots of good memories with the man who taught me and my brother how to hunt. Praise the Lord!
 

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